Human rights in ancient Rome:
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1. Verfasser: Bauman, Richard A. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Routledge 2011
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Beschreibung:Originally published: 2000
Includes bibliographical references and index
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 'Homo sum: humani nihil a me alienum puto' -- The meaning of 'human rights' -- Questions of terminology -- The enforcement of human rights -- Structure and scope -- Evaluation -- 2.Human rights: the Greek experience -- Preamble: the meaning of philanthropia -- Philanthropia: the Athenian model -- Philanthropia: the defining moments -- The Hellenistic period -- Evaluation -- 3.Humanitas Romana -- Preamble: the meanings of humanitas -- The concept of humanitas Romana -- Humanitas Romana: a first appraisal -- The role of Panaetius -- The debut of the word 'humanitas' -- Humanus: Terence and universalism -- Evaluation -- 4.Human rights prior to Humanitas Romana -- Preamble -- Early Rome: ius humanum -- The Scipionic age: humanitas and maiestas -- The Scipionic age: philanthropia -- The Scipionic age: domestic humanitas -- Primacy in humanitas: rival contenders -- Evaluation -- 5.Human rights in the Late Republic: Cicero --
Contents note continued: Preamble -- Cicero and universalism -- Humanitas and punishment: the death sentence -- Humanitas and punishment: exile -- Humanitas and the law -- Evaluation -- 6.Human rights in the Late Republic: curbs on ill-treatment -- Preamble -- Maiestas, morality and humanitas -- Curbs on rapacity: early attempts -- Statutory relief for non-Romans: the lex Calpurnia -- The problem of mass enslavement -- Additional statutory relief: repetundae and maiestas -- Evaluation -- 7.The new image of Humanitas: part one -- Preamble -- Humanitas and clementia: Augustus and Tiberius -- Humanitas and clementia: Seneca -- Humanitas and clementia: Flavians, Antonines, Severans -- Clementia Caesaris: Julius Caesar -- Clementia Caesaris: Augustus and Tiberius -- Clementia Caesaris: Seneca and Nero -- Clementia Caesaris: Domitian to Alexander -- Evaluation -- 8.The new image of Humanitas: part two -- Curbs on rapacity: jurisdiction -- Curbs on rapacity: some cases --
Contents note continued: Universalism: the merits -- Universalism: the demerits -- Freedom of speech -- Social welfare: the alimenta -- Evaluation -- 9.Man's inhumanity to man -- Preamble -- Genocide -- Slavery -- Racial prejudice -- Death at the games -- 10.Conclusion
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 193 p)
ISBN:0415692563
1134689896
9780415692564
9781134689897

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